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He is saying he belonged to a cinema club that regularly screened multiple films each week. The quote suggests an early, hands-on connection to film viewing and projection, including the use of 16 mm and 35 mm film formats.
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Originally said in English.
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About Guillermo del Toro
Mexican filmmaker and actor
Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker and actor. He is known for films that mix fairy tales, gothic elements, and horror, while giving the strange and the unsettling a kind of visual or poetic beauty. His work is marked by dark fantasy, insect and religious imagery, Catholic themes, and underworld motifs. He has also been noted for using practical special effects and amber lighting, and for returning again and again to monsters as symbols of power and imperfection.
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Books by Guillermo del Toro
The shape of water
2018
The strain
2009